"Jens_Susi" said:
my computer had a black screen monitor and says no signal
what can i do
if I take the grafik card into my computer the computer makes four signals
In the section of the manual entitled "Award BIOS Beep Codes", it says
"One long beep followed by three short beeps" it says "Video card not
found or video card memory bad".
What this probably means, is the video card is drawing too much power
from the I/O voltage regulator on the motherboard. There was a generation
of motherboards that used weak voltage regulators to power the AGP slot
(the AGP board power consumption outstripped what the motherboard designers
expected for AGP power requirements). So, for motherboards like this, when
you place a new card in them, it might not work.
I looked at a copy of the manual, and in the upper right hand corner
of the picture of the motherboard in the manual, it looks like the
board is using a switching regulator for VIO. I would have thought
that would be strong enough to power an AGP 2.0 type card. (Motherboards
that don't work, generally use linear regulators for this function,
and the switching regulator with the "donut" with wire on it usually
are rated to handle more current. That is how I tell the difference.)
The other thing is, when the AGP status register is checked by the
BIOS, I think an AGP 8X card looks like an AGP 2X card. So, the BIOS
is probably trying to run the card at a 2X rate. Checking a spec for
an Asus FX5200 type video card, it says the FX5200 supports 8X/4X/2X,
so again, it should work, even if the BIOS tries the card at a 2X rate.
If you haven't already, you might try upgrading the BIOS to the latest
version, in case the latest BIOS does a better job of working with
AGP 2.0 or AGP 3.0 video cards. Other than that, I don't know what else
to suggest. Checking the VIO voltage at the AGP slot is too difficult
to suggest as part of a debugging procedure (the signal is called VDDQ
in the AGP spec)...
I found this by searching at abxzone.com - it suggests going into the
BIOS _before_ installing the new AGP card and setting the BIOS to use
the AGP slot. Don't know if this is necessary, but you might want to
give it a try. I searched on "cusl2 agp" over there, and there are
a few articles to read of various user experiences.
http://www.abxzone.com/forums/search.php?s= (then try "cusl2 agp")
http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=18972
Paul
